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Unique Coin Rewrites the History of London
Treasure Hunting magazine
|June 2020
A silver penny of Ludica, a virtually unknown Saxon king of Mercia, has been discovered by Andy Hall while detecting in Wiltshire.
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The coin was sold by Dix Noonan Webb in their coin sale on 10 March 2020. It had been estimated to fetch £10,000-£15,000 but finally sold for an impressive £32,000.
The coin has on the obverse a diademed bust of Ludica facing right with the legend LUDICA REX MER, while the reverse features the inscription LUN/DONIA/CIVIT in three lines. Ludica reigned for just over a year in AD 826-7.
Real or Fake?
The coin was found on a stubble field at Coombe Bissett in Wiltshire with an XP Deus in January 2016 during a one-off organised visit on farmland. It was found at approximately 3-4 inches deep and was contained within a small ball of densely textured soil.
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